Howdy fellow lovers of the pipe,
while listening to the amazing interview with Scott Tinker in last week's radio podcast (episode 8), it clicked in my head when Mr. Tinker described his "bastardizations" of blends with Red Cake Virginia. While I immensely enjoy Frog Morton on the Town, I've always found the original Frog Morton tobacco to be too uninspiring for my taste. The idea of adding a sweet (high in sugar) flue cured Virginia sounded like a wonderful twist to be tried. Sadly, I didn't have any 5100 Red Cake at hand, but after some searching I stumbled upon an almost forgotten tin of 2009 McClelland Christmas Cheer (which by itself was always a too one-dimensional of a smoke on its own for me). The Christmas Cheer blend is described on the internets as a deep orange flue cured VA. After a weekend of experimentation, I have found a 'recipe' that I tremendously enjoy, and tongue-in-cheek named "Frog Morton's Christmas" :crazy:
It only takes me 30% Frog Morton (original), 20% MacBaren Navy Flake (for the honeyness), and 50% Christmas Cheer to get into a wonderfully pleasant Holidays mood. As an added benefit, finally both tins, Frog Morton as well as Christmas Cheer will (and at the current rate rather rapidly) be consumed in a worthy fashion.
Off to puff another bowl full of this goodness,
NB
while listening to the amazing interview with Scott Tinker in last week's radio podcast (episode 8), it clicked in my head when Mr. Tinker described his "bastardizations" of blends with Red Cake Virginia. While I immensely enjoy Frog Morton on the Town, I've always found the original Frog Morton tobacco to be too uninspiring for my taste. The idea of adding a sweet (high in sugar) flue cured Virginia sounded like a wonderful twist to be tried. Sadly, I didn't have any 5100 Red Cake at hand, but after some searching I stumbled upon an almost forgotten tin of 2009 McClelland Christmas Cheer (which by itself was always a too one-dimensional of a smoke on its own for me). The Christmas Cheer blend is described on the internets as a deep orange flue cured VA. After a weekend of experimentation, I have found a 'recipe' that I tremendously enjoy, and tongue-in-cheek named "Frog Morton's Christmas" :crazy:
It only takes me 30% Frog Morton (original), 20% MacBaren Navy Flake (for the honeyness), and 50% Christmas Cheer to get into a wonderfully pleasant Holidays mood. As an added benefit, finally both tins, Frog Morton as well as Christmas Cheer will (and at the current rate rather rapidly) be consumed in a worthy fashion.
Off to puff another bowl full of this goodness,
NB
